JPH06139680A - Controller for automatic changer and terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quicken and facilitate a maintenance control and to improve a servic system by providing respective means generating, storing and transferring to the outside control information consisting of the performance frequency information of the specified number of times and the times, etc., of respective programs, and the abnormality information of the content of malfunctions, etc., abnormal conditions and the dates. CONSTITUTION:The program specified by a controller 1 is selected with the automatic changer 2 by the control information generation means 13, and an image is amplified by a TV monitor 4, sounds are amplified by an amplifier 7 and reproduced by a speaker and outputted. At this time, the control information consisting of the performance frequency information of the number of times and the times, etc., of respective selected program and the abnormality conditions of the content and the dates of the malfunction, etc., the abnormal conditions are generated and written in respective prescribed areas in a memory 11 by the means 13. The control information is read out and displayed on the monitor 4 by the device l, and further, is displayed on the screen 51 of the terminal equipment 5, and the diagnostic result is displayed. Thus, the maintenace control is facilitated, and rapid service system is available.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the operation of equipment that is in a long operating state, such as an autochanger for a commercial laser disk (hereinafter referred to as LD) or a compact disk (hereinafter referred to as CD). The present invention relates to a device for recording and managing the contents of failure, malfunction, etc. and the operating state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A karaoke system is used as an example of a device for recording and managing the contents and operating states of devices such as LDs and CDs for business use that are in an operating state for a long time, such as operation, failure and malfunction. There was a device as shown in FIG. In FIG. 9, 101 is a controller, 102 is an autochanger with a built-in CD player or LD player of various standards, and 103 is the controller 101.
And a connection cable for connecting the auto changer 102 and transmitting a control signal and a music signal. 104
Is a TV monitor for reproducing and displaying an image signal transmitted via the controller 101.

As the autochanger 102, a CD
Depending on the type of CD changer, CD-G (graphics) changer that also supports image data, CD-I Rea
There is a dy changer or CD-I changer, and there is also a changer for LD. Further, an amplifier 105, a coin box 106, a wireless microphone 107, a microphone receiver 108
A karaoke system is configured by including devices such as a speaker 109.

In the above structure, the corresponding disc is selected in the auto changer 102 by the key input entered in the controller 101, mounted on the player incorporated therein, and reproduced. In this way, the regenerated signal is transmitted via the connecting cable 103 to the controller.
The video signal and the audio signal are separated and output by the controller 101, the video signal is reproduced by the TV monitor 104, and the audio signal is reproduced by the speaker 109 via the amplifier 105.

Most of the general devices are completed only by the above reproducing operation. In some cases, the controller 10
There is also one configured to display on the display unit 1 or the TV monitor 104 to prompt re-operation.

[0006]

However, in the conventional karaoke system for business use, if any abnormality or malfunction occurs during long-time use, an abnormal condition is generated before the engineer rushes. However, there is a problem that it is difficult to know the time and the cause of the abnormality or malfunction that has occurred due to disappearance or lack of information.

Further, even if an attempt is made to reproduce the situation in the presence of an engineer, it is not always possible to immediately reproduce the abnormal state, so that there is a problem that it takes a long time for the abnormal state to occur. In addition, even if a solid-state memory is provided in the device to store the occurrence time and the cause of the abnormal state, the power is shut off or the backup power supply of the memory is temporarily turned off during repair work. When the interruption occurs, there is a problem that all the stored information is erased.

As described above, it is difficult to reliably grasp any abnormal state or malfunction. Further, it is difficult to accurately grasp the usage frequency of each data among a large number of discs, and the playing frequency of each song in the case of a karaoke system.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a device capable of centrally managing abnormal information indicating an abnormal state such as malfunction of each device, and management information such as frequency of use of each music. .

[0010]

According to the present invention, a controller of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of CDs or LDs is assigned a designated number of times and designated number of each song. Management information generating means for generating management information composed of performance frequency information such as the time at which the operation was performed, and abnormal information specifying the type of the abnormal state when an abnormal state such as a malfunction occurs, and a storage for storing the management information. Means and a communication means for transferring and outputting the management information to the outside are provided.

Further, the communication means may transfer and output the management information to the outside and write the management information transferred from the outside into the storage means.
Further, a diagnostic program for checking the operation of each part of the autochanger device, which is transferred from the outside, and diagnosing the state, a storage unit for storing a diagnostic result by the diagnostic program, and an executing unit for executing the diagnostic program. A communication unit that transfers the diagnostic program and the diagnostic result may be provided between the storage unit and the outside.

Further, performance frequency information for each disc of a plurality of compact discs or laser discs accommodated in the autochanger, and performance frequency information for each song of all compact discs or laser discs accommodated in the autochanger. It is also possible to provide a means for storing the tracks in descending order and a communication means for transferring and outputting to the outside a disc or a song having a desired performance frequency rank based on the performance frequency information stored in the storage means.

Then, in the terminal connected to the control device of the autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of CDs or LDs by a communication line, the data is stored in the storage means of the autochanger. There may be provided an operating means for operating the diagnostic program via the communication means and the executing means, and a display means for obtaining and displaying the diagnostic result stored in the storage means of the autochanger via the communication means. .

Further, the terminal may be provided with changing means for changing the management information transferred from the control device of the autochanger device via the communication means and transferring the management information to the autochanger device.

[0015]

According to the present invention, the performance frequency information such as the designated number of times and the designated time of each song, and the abnormality information for identifying the type of the abnormal state when an abnormal state such as a malfunction occurs. The management information is generated by the management information generating means,
It is stored in the storage means. Then, the communication means transfers and outputs the management information in the storage means to the outside, so that the state of the autochanger device can be grasped outside.

Further, since the management information stored in the storage means of the autochanger device is transferred to the outside by the communication means and the management information transferred from the outside is written in the storage means, the management information in the storage means is output. Even if it disappears, it can be reproduced. Further, when a diagnostic program for checking the operation of each part of the autochanger device, which is transferred from the outside, and diagnosing the state is stored in the storage means, and the diagnostic program is executed by the execution means, the diagnostic result by the diagnostic program is obtained. It is stored in the storage means.

When the diagnosis result is transferred to the outside by the communication means, the detailed state of the autochanger device can be grasped outside. Also, by operating the compact discs or laser discs contained in the autochanger in order of frequency of each disc or song, the discs or songs with the desired performance frequency rank are transferred to the outside for operation. The level of the rate can be grasped for each disc or each song.

Further, the diagnostic program stored in the storage means of the autochanger is operated by the operating means provided in the terminal connected to the control device of the autochanger device by the communication line, and the obtained diagnostic result is displayed on the display means. By doing so, the terminal can grasp the state of the autochanger device. Further, when the changing means provided in the terminal device changes the management information transferred from the control device of the autochanger device through the communication means and then transfers the management information to the autochanger device, the data in the storage device of the autochanger device is changed. It can be set to any state.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A control device and a terminal of an autochanger device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings showing its embodiments. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a karaoke system according to the present invention. In FIG.
1 is a controller as a control device, 2 is an auto changer for CD, 21 is an expanded second auto changer, 22 is an auto changer for LD, 4 is an auto changer for the CD 2, 21 and an auto changer for LD
The TV monitor 5 that displays the video signal from 22 is a terminal. 6 is a speaker which amplifies the audio signal from the CD autochanger by an amplifier 7 and reproduces it;
3'is a connection cable.

Reference numeral 8 is a wireless microphone, and 81 is a wireless microphone receiver for receiving a signal from the wireless microphone 8 and demodulating it into an audio signal. Reference numeral 9 is a coin selector that controls the controller 1 to a playable state according to the inserted coin. The memory 11 built in the controller 1 (C-MO with a backup power supply)
In SRAM, etc., a performance frequency information area in which a data table for recording the performance frequency of each song is formed, and an abnormality information area in which the content of abnormality occurrence is recorded.
These areas may be cleared when the disk array is updated.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic flow chart of the operation of the program P1 in the management information generating means 13 incorporated in the controller 1.

In the above structure, in a normal karaoke performance, the music designated by the controller 1 is
The signal selected by the autochanger 2 and applied to the built-in player is sent to the TV monitor 4 via the controller 1, the video signal is sent to the speaker 6 via the amplifier 7, and reproduced. To be done.

At this time, the performance frequency variable of the data table of the selected music piece in the performance frequency information area of the memory 11 is incremented in step S1 of FIG. If an abnormal state such as a malfunction occurs during the operation of selecting a specified song or during performance, the content and date and time of the abnormal state occur in step S2 of FIG.
It is written in the abnormal information area.

When the utility program is started by the operation of the controller 1, the TV monitor 4 reads the performance frequency information from the MU as shown in FIG.
SICSELECT DATA command, read error information ERROR H
ISTORY command, RAM CLEAR command to clear the memory, PICK UP command to register the disc, GENRE CODE EDIT command to set the genre code, command to check the date and time and the date of replacing the internal battery, EXIT command to terminate the utility program, etc. The main menu consisting of is displayed.

The utility program may be resident or may be transferred from the outside via a communication means.

Then, MUSIC SELECT from the main menu
When the DATA command is selected, performance frequency information for each song is displayed as shown in FIG. This performance frequency information includes a disc number, a song number, a code indicating a genre,
It consists of the tray code number and the number of times played.
It also has a TRANSMIT command to activate the communication means.

Also, from the main menu, select ERROR HISTORY
When the command is selected, as shown in FIG. 6, the data indicating the abnormal state that occurred is displayed by the date and time when the error occurred and the code data indicating the error content that occurred. Also, the communication means can be started from this screen by the TRANSMIT command. If the PICK UP DATA IN / OUT command is selected from the main menu, the range of data to be sent or received can be specified as shown in FIG. It is possible to send or receive either the performance frequency information or the abnormality information data. According to this PICK UP DATA IN / OUT command, the information as shown in FIG. 6 can be displayed even in the terminal connected by the connecting cable.

When it is desired to know the occurrence status of the abnormal state of the karaoke system having the above-mentioned structure, ER is selected from the main menu.
When the ROR HISTORY command is selected, as shown in FIG. 6, the data indicating the abnormal state that occurred is displayed as code data indicating the contents in order of the date and time when it occurred. It is possible to know the cause of the abnormality based on the code data indicating the content of the abnormal state and perform appropriate maintenance. The configuration of the data indicating the abnormal state is such that the number of the device in which the abnormality has occurred, the date and time when the abnormality has occurred, the code data indicating the details of the abnormality, etc. are arranged in the order of occurrence.

Further, the PICK UP DATA IN / OUT command can be used to download the abnormality information to the terminal 5 and display it on the screen 51 as a display means of the terminal 5. At this time, if maintenance or the like is performed with the power of the controller 1 turned off for a long time, the management information stored in the memory 11 of the controller 1 is easily erased or destroyed. And then step S after the work is completed.
It is possible to reproduce the lost information by transferring the information from the terminal 5 back to the controller 1 at 12.

At this time, as in step S11, after correcting only the predetermined data, the memory of the controller 1
May be forwarded to 11.

When it is desired to know the detailed state of the abnormal state, the diagnostic program P2 as shown in FIG. 3 is transferred from the terminal 5 through the communication means. Then, when a RUN command as an operating means is sent from the terminal 5, step S3 as an executing means of the diagnostic program is executed by this command, and it is diagnosed at step S4 whether or not the disc clamping operation is normal, If it is abnormal, for example, the code FF71 is written in the diagnostic result area of the memory in step S5, and it is diagnosed in step S6 whether the declamp operation of the disk is normal. Write to the diagnostic result area of memory. In this way, the factors that may cause an abnormal state are sequentially checked by the diagnostic program, and the obtained diagnostic results are displayed in step S8.
Is displayed on the TV monitor 4 or on the screen 51 of the terminal 5.

By performing a work such as repair after grasping the detailed situation in this way, more accurate maintenance can be performed more quickly. If the terminal 5 is provided with a communication means, a sufficient storage capacity, a display means, an operating means, and a program as changing means,
It may be a commercially available personal computer, a portable personal computer, or an electronic notebook.

In the above embodiment, the controller 1
Although the terminal 5 and the terminal 5 are provided one to one, as shown in FIG.
The host computer 52 has a function as a terminal,
A modem function is provided in each of the controllers of the plurality of karaoke systems 53, and the management information of the plurality of karaoke systems 53 is displayed on one host computer 52 via a wireless / wired line 54 such as a public line. ,
It is possible to correct it there.

Further, performance frequency information for each disc of a plurality of compact discs or laser discs accommodated in the autochanger and performance frequency information for each song of all compact discs or laser discs accommodated in the autochanger. Are stored in the memory in descending order, and based on the performance frequency information stored in the memory, the upper 10 songs or 10 songs or the lower 10
It is also possible to transfer and output to the outside a disc or song having a desired performance frequency rank, such as a sheet or 10 songs. As a result, it is possible to replace a disk with a low operating rate with a disk having a new content, which enables more efficient management.

[0035]

According to the present invention, management information including performance frequency information such as the number of times each musical piece is designated and a designated time, and abnormality information specifying the type of abnormal state is stored in the storage means. Therefore, it becomes possible to know the management information from the outside through the communication means. Therefore, even after an abnormal condition has occurred, the stored management information makes it possible to immediately know the state of the autochanger device and the contents of the abnormality, so that from the performance frequency information, it is possible to identify a song having a low performance frequency. It is possible to obtain the effect of improving the efficiency such as switching to another song, and it is possible to easily identify the disk that is prone to an abnormality from the abnormality information and to enable a quick service system. The effect is obtained.

Further, even if the management information stored in the storage means disappears due to repair work or the like, the management information once transferred to the outside and stored therein is written again in the storage means to save the management information. Since it can be reproduced, it can exert great power in the work of dealing with equipment troubles. Further, at this time, it is also possible to rewrite the management information by rewriting it in the storage means after changing a part of the management information transferred and stored outside.

Further, by operating the diagnostic program transferred from the outside via the communication means, the state of the device can be diagnosed and the diagnosis result can be transferred to the outside via the communication means. Therefore, the state of the device can be grasped in detail, and an effect that swift service can be provided can be obtained. It is also possible to install a terminal connected to the outside by a communication line and display the stored contents of the control device of the autochanger device on the display means of this terminal, so that the status of multiple autochanger devices can be grasped from a remote location. Therefore, it is possible to effectively arrange maintenance staff and perform maintenance management work such as grasping a tendency of a failure very efficiently.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a karaoke system including a control device for an autochanger device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of the operation of the management information generating means.

FIG. 3 is a schematic flowchart of a diagnostic program.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a menu screen of a utility program displayed on a display device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a part of the screen of the performance frequency information displayed on the display device.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a partial screen of abnormality information displayed on a display device.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a menu screen of the communication means displayed on the display device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic flowchart of a program of a terminal.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment in which a plurality of karaoke systems are connected to a terminal device through a line.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a karaoke system including a conventional auto changer device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Controller, Controller 2, 21, 22 Auto Changer 4 TV Monitor 5 Terminal 51 Display Means 11 Storage Means, Memory 12 Communication Means 13, P1 Management Information Generating Means P2 Diagnostic Program S3 Executing Means S9 Actuating Means S10 Changing Means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A controller of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of compact discs or laser discs, the playing frequency of each song designated number and designated time. Management information generating means for generating management information composed of information and abnormality information for identifying the type of abnormal state when an abnormal state such as malfunction occurs, storage means for storing the management information, and management information for external A control device for an autochanger device, which comprises: 2. A controller of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of compact discs or laser discs, wherein each song has a designated number of times and a designated playing frequency. Management information generating means for generating management information consisting of information and abnormal information for identifying the type of abnormal state when an abnormal state such as malfunction occurs; storage means for storing the management information; A controller for an automatic changer device, comprising: a communication unit that transfers and outputs the management information transferred from the outside to the storage unit. 3. A controller of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of compact discs or laser discs, and checks the operation of each part of the autochanger device transferred from the outside. A diagnostic program for diagnosing the state by means of a memory, a storage means for storing a diagnostic result by the diagnostic program, an executing means for executing the diagnostic program, and the diagnostic program and the diagnostic result between the storage means and the outside. A control device for an automatic changer device, comprising: 4. A controller of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of compact discs or laser discs, wherein the plurality of compact discs or laser discs are housed in the autochanger. Based on the performance frequency information stored for each song and the performance frequency information for each song of all compact discs or laser discs housed in the autochanger in descending order, 2. A communication means for transferring and outputting a disk or a music piece having a desired performance frequency rank to the outside.
A control device for the autochanger device according to 1. 5. A terminal connected by a communication line to a control device of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of compact discs or laser discs, and stored in a storage means of the autochanger. And a display unit for obtaining and displaying the diagnosis result stored in the storage unit of the autochanger via the communication unit. A terminal for an auto changer device characterized in that 6. A terminal connected by a communication line to a control device of an autochanger device configured to play a designated song from a plurality of compact discs or laser discs, the control device of the autochanger device comprising: The terminal device for an autochanger device according to claim 5, further comprising a changing device for changing the management information transferred through the communication device and transferring the management information to the autochanger device.